Angling device.



Patented Dec. 24, 190i.

W. C. KEPLER.

ANGLING DEVICE.

(Application filed Apr. 29, 1901.]

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UNITED STATES,-

PATENT O FICE.

WILLIAM CALDWELL KEPLER, OF CONSTANTINE, MICHIGAN.

ANGLING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 689,497, datedDeeih'ber 24, 1901. Application filed April 29,1901. Serial No. 69,012.(No inodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthatI, WILLIAM CALDWELL KEPLER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Constantine, in the county of St. Joseph and Stateof Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in AnglingDevices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in sinkers for fishing-lines.

I attain this object by the device illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings. I

Figure 1 illustrates a perspective .view of the device. Fig. 2 shows themanner of attaching the line thereto. Fig. 3 shows the line attached andready for use.

The sinker is made of a small preferably-- rectangular piece of metal 1,with a rectangular slot 2 through the center and bifurcated ends 3. Toplace in position for use, pass a loop of the line a through the slot 2,spread over the bifurcated ends 3, and draw into position by a pull onthe line. It will then be as illustrated in Fig. 3.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to a rectangular pieceof metal, as a square; oval, spherical, or disk-shaped piece WILLIAMCALDWELL 'KEPLER:

Witnesses:

OSCAR H. YOUNG,

FREDERICK W. KNOWLEN.

